Short Documentary Movies

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

Vancouver is a veritable metropolis, a beautiful cosmopolitan city; perhaps the most English in all the entire Dominion of Canada. It is famous for...

Travelogue released on December 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on March 19th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 21st, 1918.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released on December 17th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

Travelogue released on September 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"As you loll comfortably on the deck, your steamer approaches the Suez Canal and you enter this interesting stretch of water at Port Said. You land...

Released on the 8th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Known also as 'The Crystal Ascension', the film chronicles an exploration of Mount Hood and its glaciers by a mountain-climbing party who explore the...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on November 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 14th, 1918.